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While I realize you probably feel better about yourself writing this, it’s ignorant. Universities do not care whatsoever about sports parents and how they feel. What they care about — the only thing they care about — is the money that athletes bring to the school. “Money for universities” is literally the only answer to OPs question. Anyone who tells you differently is lying or ignorant of how the business of universities work.

I am not a psycho sports parent. But I was in admissions. [/quote]

That’s obviously true for the most popular college sports : football, basketball, ice hockey , baseball … 
But there are a lot more sports that must barely bring colleges money but yet they still recruit for  … crew, badminton, fencing, squash , wrestling …   
Are the popular sports subsidizing the not so popular sports for colleges?  [/quote]

Yes, the popular sports subsidize the less popular ones, which includes nearly all women’s sports. The money that comes in can be very significant.

However, the financial calculation also takes into account alumni donations and likelihood of alumni to donate. At many highly selective colleges, athletes (even from unpopular sports) donate more and more consistently over the years than other groups. Their families donate more as well. Essentially athletes as a whole bring money to schools more than other groups.

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